Class 3 from this series was used in GCT Episode 374.<\/p>\n
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\nsisters.
\nGood morning young people. <\/p>\n
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\nThat was a a better response
\nthan I was expecting actually. <\/p>\n
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\nWell done, well done.
\nSo we’re considering our service<\/p>\n
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\nthis morning.
\nI, I, I wasn’t very good at <\/p>\n
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\nquite finishing off yesterday.
\nSo I, I just want to run <\/p>\n
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\nthrough, if I may, a little
\nsummary of where we’ve got 2 so <\/p>\n
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\nfar.
\nSo I, I put on the screen the <\/p>\n
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\nsayings that we’ve seen of the
\nLord Jesus Christ over the last <\/p>\n
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\ntwo or three days.
\nYou will know all these. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve spent a little bit of time
\nlooking at some of these. <\/p>\n
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\nThese were the ones that we
\nconsidered in our devotional <\/p>\n
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\nyesterday.
\nWe were looking at how was it <\/p>\n
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\nthe day before?
\nWith God all things are <\/p>\n
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\npossible.
\nIt’s your Father’s good pleasure<\/p>\n
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\nto give you the Kingdom.
\nNeither do I condemn thee. <\/p>\n
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\nGo and sin no more.
\nWhich has to be one of one of my<\/p>\n
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\nfavourites.
\nThen we were with Nicodemus <\/p>\n
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\nyesterday.
\nExcept a man be born again. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we examine this idea of come
\nunto me. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if we’d have had time
\nyesterday and if I’d have <\/p>\n
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\nmanaged my time a little better,
\nwe would have spent some time in<\/p>\n
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\nMatthew Chapter 11.
\nPerhaps you’d just come with me <\/p>\n
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\nthere for a moment while we just
\nlook at these wonderful little <\/p>\n
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\nverses that the Lord Jesus
\nChrist had. <\/p>\n
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\nI was trying to explain to you
\nthat when Christ asks us to come<\/p>\n
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\nto him, invariably it’s for a
\ngood thing. <\/p>\n
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\nHe has something encouraging,
\nsomething helpful, something <\/p>\n
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\nthat He wants to do for us.
\nAnd and here he is at the end of<\/p>\n
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\nMatthew Chapter 11, verse 28,
\ninviting us to come unto him all<\/p>\n
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\nye that labour.
\nWe’re talking about service this<\/p>\n
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\nmorning and our heavy laden.
\nHe’s interested in helping those<\/p>\n
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\nwho are burdened and in
\ndifficulty and and and you might<\/p>\n
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\nbe in that category that that
\nmight be something which is a a <\/p>\n
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\nproblem for you.
\nIt’s all about the curse of <\/p>\n
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\nEden, you know, isn’t it?
\nMan had to work. <\/p>\n
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\nAdam had to work until the toil
\nof until the the the soil of the<\/p>\n
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\nground and that’s how he would
\nfeed his family. <\/p>\n
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\nWomen had to labour in
\nchildbearing. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd here is the Lord Jesus
\nChrist saying all of you that <\/p>\n
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\nlabour and are heavy laden,
\nheavy laden by the burden of the<\/p>\n
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\nlaw.
\nIf you follow that through and <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s saying I will give you
\nrest, you know, right from <\/p>\n
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\ncreation the 7th day of rest has
\nalways been a prospect of the <\/p>\n
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\nage of rest to come.
\nThere will be a time when work <\/p>\n
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\ndoesn’t exist anymore, when pain
\nin childbearing doesn’t exist <\/p>\n
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\nanymore, and all those things
\nare lifted and removed and it’s <\/p>\n
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\na wonderful time of rest.
\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ is <\/p>\n
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\nsaying the way to that rest is
\nthrough me. <\/p>\n
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\nYou need to come unto me and I
\nwill give you that rest. <\/p>\n
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\nHe is the solution to the curse.
\nAnd that’s such a wonderful <\/p>\n
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\nthing when you think about it
\nand it’s mentioned twice there, <\/p>\n
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\nisn’t it in those, in those two
\nverses there. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Lord Jesus Christ wants to
\ngive us that rest and it’s a <\/p>\n
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\ngift from Him to you and me.
\nAnd that’s the most wonderful <\/p>\n
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\nthing when you reflect on it.
\nSometimes we’re not very good at<\/p>\n
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\nreceiving the rest of the Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nThink about Psalm 23, where the
\nLord, he is our shepherd. <\/p>\n
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\nHe guides, He leads, He takes us
\ninto green pastures, He leads us<\/p>\n
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\nbesides still waters.
\nHe’s taking us to all those <\/p>\n
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\nplaces.
\nBut it’s no good Him doing that <\/p>\n
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\nif you don’t allow Him to
\nrestore your soul. <\/p>\n
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\nSo there has to be some
\nconnection with the Lord and His<\/p>\n
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\nwork for you to be restored in
\nthis time of rest. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd, and whatever the busyness
\nof your life and the pressure <\/p>\n
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\nand the burden of your life, you
\nwill need to come to the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ at some stage and
\njust take off his rest and, and <\/p>\n
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\nput your burden on him and take
\nhis yoke because that’s easier. <\/p>\n
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\nCast your burden on the Lord and
\ntake his yoke. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he will share that with you
\nand he will carry that with you.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd those were some of the
\nthings that I, yeah, I, I didn’t<\/p>\n
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\nget time to comment on.
\nAnd I, I, I just raised them <\/p>\n
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\nvery briefly for you, for you.
\nNow I want to concentrate this <\/p>\n
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\nmorning on how we respond to
\nthat, how you and I respond to <\/p>\n
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\nthis gift, the wages of sin, of
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
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\nBut the gift of God is eternal
\nlife. <\/p>\n
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\nGod sent not his Son into the
\nworld to condemn the world, but <\/p>\n
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\ngave his only begotten Son.
\nIt’s a gift that’s given to us. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you and I, brothers and
\nsisters, young people, we <\/p>\n
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\nbenefit from the gift of the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s how we respond to it.
\nAnd I’ve just got one saying <\/p>\n
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\nour idea of service this <\/p>\n
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\nmorning.
\nAnd it’s probably not one that <\/p>\n
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\nyou would have put on your list
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\nLord Jesus Christ.
\nBut it’s simply this, without <\/p>\n
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\nsaying.
\nWe’re up to #10 and it’s the <\/p>\n
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\nonly one we’re going to look at
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n
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\nBut this is the one which is
\ngoing to help govern our <\/p>\n
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\nservice, because in the next
\nhalf an hour or so, I’m going to<\/p>\n
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\nencourage you to serve, but with
\nthe right attitude. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is not labour, this is not
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\nForget that. <\/p>\n
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\nYou cannot earn your place in
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\nYou know that.
\nYou can only take it as a gift, <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this saying is going to
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\nmorning.
\nLet’s start, please, in Luke <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 15, where we met the
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\nSaturday evening.
\nI’ve already mentioned to you <\/p>\n
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\nstarted out with the give me and<\/p>\n
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\nwanted to get to the make me
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\nmade that transformation.
\nJust want to show you what he <\/p>\n
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\nsays and what the Father allows
\nhim to say because this this <\/p>\n
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\nSo, so, so this is the, this is <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s there in verse 18 where he
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\nSo Luke 15 verse 18, I will
\narise and go to my Father and <\/p>\n
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\nwill say to him, Father, I have
\nsinned against heaven and before<\/p>\n
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\nthee or in thy sight, and I’m no
\nmore worthy to be called thy <\/p>\n
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\nMake me as one of thy hired <\/p>\n
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\nSo you know that. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it demonstrates this
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\nthis young man who’s now learned
\nhis lessons, realised that he <\/p>\n
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\nwas far better off back in his
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\nHe was far better back, better
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\nhis brother.
\nThat’s interesting, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nHe was willing to go back and
\ncomply with the standards and <\/p>\n
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\nthe rules of the Father’s house
\nbecause this ecclesial <\/p>\n
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\nenvironment, being in the family
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\nAnd he can see that having tried
\nother places and, and he’s going<\/p>\n
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\nto confess, I have sinned.
\nThis is his confession. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you might observe that he
\nsinned against heaven and in thy<\/p>\n
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\nsight.
\nNow we might think that’s the <\/p>\n
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\nwrong way round.
\nActually, He’s sinned against <\/p>\n
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\nhis Father, and Heaven observes
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\ngot this the right way round.
\nAll sins are against heaven. <\/p>\n
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\nEvery sin that we commit, every
\nwrongdoing that we commit is <\/p>\n
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\nagainst God.
\nIt might hurt other people, it <\/p>\n
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\nmight damage other people and
\nprobably will, but every sin we <\/p>\n
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\ncommit is against heaven and the
\nFather was party to it. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then he’s, he’s going to set
\nthe matters right. <\/p>\n
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\nI, I am no more worthy to be
\ncalled thy son. <\/p>\n
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\nSo make me as one of thy hired
\nservants. <\/p>\n
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\nSo, so we know that speech and
\nit makes a lot of sense. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd, and we might feel like that
\nwhen we come to some kind of <\/p>\n
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\nacknowledgement of our own
\nfailure, we confess what we’ve <\/p>\n
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\ndone wrong, We realise we’ve not
\nbeen very good at something. <\/p>\n
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\nWe recommit and we say we’re not
\nworthy, but we’re going to try a<\/p>\n
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\nlot harder.
\nThat that, that’s the, that’s <\/p>\n
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\nthe idea, isn’t it?
\nBut when he comes to his father <\/p>\n
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\nand he makes this speech that
\nhe’s prepared. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 20 let’s read it.
\nHe arose and came to his father.<\/p>\n
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\nBut when he was yet a great way
\noff, his father saw him and had <\/p>\n
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\ncompassion and ran and fell on
\nhis neck and kissed him. <\/p>\n
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\nBut the son’s now going to make
\nhis speech. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Son said unto his Father,
\nFather, I have sinned against <\/p>\n
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\nheaven and in thy sight, and I’m
\nno more worthy to be called thy <\/p>\n
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\nSon.
\nAnd he’s about to say the last <\/p>\n
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\nlittle bit, make me as one of
\nthy hired servants, and the <\/p>\n
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\nFather won’t let him say it.
\nThe Father intervenes at that <\/p>\n
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\npoint.
\nHe only lets him say these words<\/p>\n
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\non the screen.
\nI am no more worthy to be called<\/p>\n
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\nthy son.
\nAnd he’s about to say, make me <\/p>\n
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\nas a hired servant because I’m
\ngoing to try a lot harder. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m going to work for you.
\nI’m going to earn your respect. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m going to win you back as a
\nfather by things that I do. <\/p>\n
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\nI will be a hired servant in
\nyour house, and the Father won’t<\/p>\n
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\nlet him say that.
\nAnd the Father won’t let him say<\/p>\n
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\nthat because 1, He loves him as
\na son. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd two, the Father knows you
\ncan’t win back God’s respect by <\/p>\n
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\nyour hard work.
\nYou might think you can. <\/p>\n
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\nYou might think, well, I’m going
\nto work jolly hard for God and <\/p>\n
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\nwin his respects so that he will
\nbe proud of me as a worker for <\/p>\n
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\nbecause that’s how God works.
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\nHe’s not going to have a hired
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\nwhen this wayward son turns to
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\nSo, so I’m, I’m interested in
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\nAnd it’s the same, it’s the same
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\nHe, he’s not expecting you to
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\nis expecting something of you.
\nI wonder if I can show you the <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 6, please. <\/p>\n
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\nThis, this is how it should
\nwork. <\/p>\n
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\nour way through this, this
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\nunusual place to go when you
\nthink about service, but but it <\/p>\n
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\ndoes have a well known verse in
\nit, which we which we’ll get to <\/p>\n
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\nin a moment.
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\nwith a vision and it’s a vision
\nof the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I know it’s a vision of the
\nKingdom because Jesus says it is<\/p>\n
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\nabove it stood the seraphim.
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\nWith twain He covered his face
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\nAnd that that final phrase <\/p>\n
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\nThat the world will be filled
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\nyour salvation or my salvation, <\/p>\n
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\nSo that that’s how we know this
\nis a Kingdom vision. <\/p>\n
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\nThe time when Christ reigns and
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\nWe’ve talked a little bit about
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\nWell, that’s what the prophet’s
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\nis reigning supreme and the
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\nThat was always the intention
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\nAnd now these Saints are
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\nSo everyone knows now what? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s the prophet’s reaction?
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\nthat vision of the Kingdom?
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\nsaid, I says, Isaiah, woe is me,
\nI am undone because I am a man <\/p>\n
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\nlooks at himself and says, but
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\nLook how helpless I am in in
\ncomparison with this purity and <\/p>\n
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\nJust look at me how pathetic I
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\ntaken with the tongues from off
\nthe altar, And he laid it upon <\/p>\n
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\nmy mouth, and said, Lo, this
\nhath touched thy lips, and thine<\/p>\n
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\niniquity is taken away, and thy
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\nWell, I I I find that lovely,
\nbecause the prophets kind of <\/p>\n
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\nfound himself in a sinful
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\nangels says, I’ll sort that out.
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\nlittle bit about the mechanism
\nthat was used here. <\/p>\n
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\nBut he just takes a cold and
\ntouches the prophet’s lips and, <\/p>\n
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\nand the profit without asking
\nalmost that has been made right <\/p>\n
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\nand pure and good and clean.
\nHe’s not had to do anything. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s not had to to do any tasks
\nor work anything or, or pay any <\/p>\n
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\nmoney or, or do anything to
\nachieve this. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s just had to say I’m
\nunclean, I need to be made <\/p>\n
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\nclean.
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\nyou are.
\nI sought that out. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’re now made clean.
\nAnd that’s like us, brothers and<\/p>\n
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\nsisters, we accept salvation in
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\nbaptized into him.
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\nanything.
\nYou don’t have to earn anything.<\/p>\n
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\nYou don’t have to pass any tests
\nor get any qualifications. <\/p>\n
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\nYou just have to repent and
\nbelieve. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then you can be baptized
\ninto the Lord Jesus Christ and <\/p>\n
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\nthe blessing of sins forgiven is
\nours. <\/p>\n
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\nGreat.
\nNow at that point, if God so <\/p>\n
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\nwanted, he could say, right,
\nI’ve sorted out your sins, you <\/p>\n
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\nare indebted to me now, and
\nyou’re jolly well going to work <\/p>\n
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\nto pay back what I’ve done for
\nyou. <\/p>\n
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\nBut, but, but none of us think
\nGod works in that way. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course he doesn’t.
\nBut that doesn’t mean there <\/p>\n
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\nisn’t work to do and there isn’t
\nservice to give. <\/p>\n
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\nSo now look closely at verse 8.
\nThe prophet has now been made <\/p>\n
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\nsend?
\nWho will go for us? <\/p>\n
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\nto do and he’s, he’s looking for<\/p>\n
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\na volunteer and he’s saying I
\nneed to send somebody. <\/p>\n
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\npeople who who’s going to go for<\/p>\n
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\nthere’s work to do and <\/p>\n
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\nvolunteers, that’s the word
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\nWho’s going to go?
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\nhere am I send me. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the well known verse in
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\nHere am I send me that. <\/p>\n
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\nGod isn’t demanding that Isaiah <\/p>\n
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\ngoes, he could have done because
\nhey, I’ve sorted out your sins, <\/p>\n
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\nyou owe me one.
\nBut he doesn’t say that to the <\/p>\n
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\nHe just says I’ve got some work <\/p>\n
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\nto do here, but who’s going to
\ndo this? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I wonder how you’re feeling <\/p>\n
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\nChrist, because Christ is saying<\/p>\n
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\nYou’re not obliged. <\/p>\n
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\nYou don’t have to if you don’t <\/p>\n
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\nthere’s work to do. <\/p>\n
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\nI need you, I’ll go, says the
\nprophet. <\/p>\n
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\npicture, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\ndelivered. <\/p>\n
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\nSo this is the work that’s the
\nprophets has to do. <\/p>\n
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\nand understand with their heart
\nand be healed. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the the quotes that we
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\ndeliver this message and he’s
\ngoing to speak to the people <\/p>\n
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\nbecause that’s what he’s
\nvolunteered to do. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd verse 11, he simply says,
\nhow long I’m signing up for <\/p>\n
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\nHow long Lord, am I going to do <\/p>\n
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\nWhich is quite interesting. <\/p>\n
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\nyou’ve raised your hand, hand <\/p>\n
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\nand said, yes, I’m going to do
\nthis task, Lord, I’ll be pleased<\/p>\n
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\nHow long are you expecting me to<\/p>\n
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\nlovely, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nserve, what would you like me to
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\nthat’s expected of you and me in<\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not compulsory. <\/p>\n
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\nearn anything. <\/p>\n
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\norganized your salvation. <\/p>\n
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\nwere yet sinners, Christ died <\/p>\n
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\nBut now he’s saying, I want your<\/p>\n
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\nhelp, please, who’s going to
\nhelp? <\/p>\n
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\nNow, now, now what? <\/p>\n
333
\n00:21:11,400 –> 00:21:15,480
\nWhat do you think about our
\nservice? <\/p>\n
334
\n00:21:15,640 –> 00:21:18,840
\nYou know, just put yourself in
\nthe ecclesial context. <\/p>\n
335
\n00:21:19,400 –> 00:21:24,040
\nAnd I’m not, I’m not trying to,
\nwell, I, I, I don’t want you to <\/p>\n
336
\n00:21:24,040 –> 00:21:26,560
\nbe critical of your ecclesia,
\nbut just think about your <\/p>\n
337
\n00:21:26,560 –> 00:21:29,480
\necclesial context where there is
\nsome work to do. <\/p>\n
338
\n00:21:29,800 –> 00:21:33,040
\nYou know, how, how many, how
\nmany willing volunteers are <\/p>\n
339
\n00:21:33,040 –> 00:21:37,160
\nthere when there’s something to
\nbe done amongst your ecclesial <\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:37,160 –> 00:21:39,680
\nmembers?
\nYou know, we, we, we belong to <\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:39,680 –> 00:21:41,240
\nan ecclesia of nearly 50
\nmembers. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:41,240 –> 00:21:45,640
\nIf there’s some work to do, are
\nare you likely to see 50 hands <\/p>\n
343
\n00:21:45,640 –> 00:21:48,200
\nraised saying, well, I’ll do it.
\nNo, no, I’ll do it. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:21:48,200 –> 00:21:52,120
\nNo, leave it to me, I’ll do it.
\nIs that how ecclesial life works<\/p>\n
345
\n00:21:53,000 –> 00:21:56,440
\nor, or do you find brothers and
\nsisters sort of looking along <\/p>\n
346
\n00:21:56,440 –> 00:22:00,400
\nthe row and saying, hmm, hmm.
\nShouldn’t, shouldn’t you be <\/p>\n
347
\n00:22:00,400 –> 00:22:02,840
\ndoing it?
\nYou’re best suited for this. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:03,600 –> 00:22:05,400
\nWhy isn’t he putting his hand
\nup? <\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:05,400 –> 00:22:07,600
\nHe, he would be ideal for that
\ntask. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:08,320 –> 00:22:10,920
\nYou know, we find others who can
\ndo it better than us, rather <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:10,920 –> 00:22:12,880
\nthan Isaiah, who just says, I’ll
\ndo it. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:13,720 –> 00:22:16,480
\nWouldn’t it be lovely if 50
\nhands went up and said, yeah, <\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:16,480 –> 00:22:21,320
\nleave it to us, we’ll do this.
\nWell, maybe before we criticize <\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:21,320 –> 00:22:23,800
\nour brothers and sisters, we
\nought to look at ourselves and <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:23,800 –> 00:22:25,520
\nsay, well, it’s my hand going
\nup. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:22:25,560 –> 00:22:30,160
\nAm I one who is willing to help
\nand willing to serve in this <\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:30,160 –> 00:22:34,360
\nparticular work?
\nCan I take you to the parable of<\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:34,360 –> 00:22:37,000
\nthe labourers in the vineyard,
\nplease? <\/p>\n
359
\n00:22:37,760 –> 00:23:01,580
\nIn Matthew chapter 20?
\nI’m building on this idea of <\/p>\n
360
\n00:23:01,740 –> 00:23:06,880
\ncorrect attitude, if I may so,
\nso so you know this parable. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:23:06,880 –> 00:23:11,360
\nThis is where workers are called
\nto help in the vineyard. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:23:11,360 –> 00:23:15,560
\nLet’s just read from verse 3 of
\nMatthew chapter 20. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:23:18,320 –> 00:23:21,840
\nThe The vineyard owner went out
\nabout the third hour, and saw <\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:21,840 –> 00:23:25,640
\nothers standing idle in the
\nmarketplace, and said unto them,<\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:25,640 –> 00:23:29,600
\nGo ye also into the vineyard,
\nand whatsoever is right, I will <\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:29,600 –> 00:23:32,840
\ngive you.
\nAnd they went their way again. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:32,840 –> 00:23:36,280
\nHe went out the 6th hour and the
\n9th hour, and did likewise. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:36,560 –> 00:23:42,000
\nAnd about the 11th hour he went
\nout and found others standing <\/p>\n
369
\n00:23:42,080 –> 00:23:47,920
\nidle, and saith unto them, Why
\nstand ye here all the day idle? <\/p>\n
370
\n00:23:48,560 –> 00:23:51,800
\nAnd they say unto him, Because
\nno man has hired us. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:52,240 –> 00:23:56,680
\nHe saith unto them, Go ye also
\ninto the vineyard. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:57,880 –> 00:24:02,400
\nOK, so, so you, you, you
\nremember that parable of the <\/p>\n
373
\n00:24:02,440 –> 00:24:07,240
\nemployer who is looking for
\nworkers and he starts at 6:00 in<\/p>\n
374
\n00:24:07,240 –> 00:24:11,960
\nthe morning and he goes into the
\nMarket Square and he hires <\/p>\n
375
\n00:24:12,240 –> 00:24:16,760
\nlabourers and he contracts with
\nthem for a penny a day. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:24:17,520 –> 00:24:24,080
\nNow, I’m told that there are
\ndifferent kinds of servants in <\/p>\n
377
\n00:24:24,080 –> 00:24:28,920
\nScripture here.
\nHere is the little hierarchy of <\/p>\n
378
\n00:24:29,040 –> 00:24:32,320
\nservant that we read of in the
\nNew Testament. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:24:32,320 –> 00:24:38,120
\nSo we have bond servants, and
\nthose were servants who were <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:38,120 –> 00:24:41,560
\nbonded to a house.
\nThey were connected to a house. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:41,800 –> 00:24:46,720
\nSometimes in modern translations
\nyou read the word slave and the <\/p>\n
382
\n00:24:46,720 –> 00:24:51,840
\ncurrent, the current climate
\ntoday, slavery, that’s really <\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:51,840 –> 00:24:54,040
\nbad.
\nThere’s all sorts of talk of <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:54,040 –> 00:24:56,720
\nreparations being paid.
\nAnd look at the cruel British <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:56,720 –> 00:24:58,800
\nEmpire with its slaves.
\nLook at the way slaves were <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:58,880 –> 00:25:02,160
\ntreated in America.
\nTherefore, slavery is utterly <\/p>\n
387
\n00:25:02,160 –> 00:25:05,320
\nbad.
\nAnd, and OK, certainly a lot of <\/p>\n
388
\n00:25:05,320 –> 00:25:09,000
\nslavery was bad, but I just want
\nyou to forget that notion for a <\/p>\n
389
\n00:25:09,000 –> 00:25:13,960
\nmoment, because if you were a
\nbond servant, you were OK. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:25:14,840 –> 00:25:18,440
\nYou were connected to a house,
\nyou belonged to a house. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:25:18,640 –> 00:25:21,880
\nNow the idea of belonging
\nsomewhere might bristle with you<\/p>\n
392
\n00:25:21,880 –> 00:25:24,880
\nbecause, oh, I want to be free
\nand I want to do my own things. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:25:24,880 –> 00:25:26,480
\nWell, maybe.
\nBut actually, if you’re <\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:26,480 –> 00:25:31,280
\nconnected to a house, that means
\nevery day you’ve got security, <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:31,280 –> 00:25:33,880
\nyou’ve got somewhere to sleep,
\nyou’ve got a family who you’re <\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:33,880 –> 00:25:37,440
\nworking with, you’ve got food on
\nyour table every day. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:37,440 –> 00:25:40,960
\nYou are going to be OK.
\nYou raise your family in that <\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:40,960 –> 00:25:43,320
\nenvironment.
\nYou’ve got some security. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:43,480 –> 00:25:47,720
\nLife is not bad as, as a
\nbondservant, you’re, you’re OK <\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:47,720 –> 00:25:50,200
\nwith this.
\nAnd that’s why when we read of <\/p>\n
401
\n00:25:50,200 –> 00:25:54,960
\nit in the, in the letters of
\nPaul about masters and servants <\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:54,960 –> 00:25:57,520
\nand masters and slaves, you
\nknow, that’s seems a bit <\/p>\n
403
\n00:25:57,520 –> 00:26:00,200
\nincongruous towards at today’s
\nage, because we all ought to be <\/p>\n
404
\n00:26:00,200 –> 00:26:02,440
\nequal.
\nThese bond slaves are OK. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:26:03,120 –> 00:26:05,480
\nThey’ve got food, they’ve got
\nclothing, they’ve got shelter, <\/p>\n
406
\n00:26:05,480 –> 00:26:08,520
\nthey’ve got salaries, they’ve
\ngot, they’ve got a life that <\/p>\n
407
\n00:26:08,520 –> 00:26:11,000
\nworks for them.
\nThey’re, they’re in a privileged<\/p>\n
408
\n00:26:11,000 –> 00:26:15,120
\nposition and they’re happy and
\nservants, which is the next tier<\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:15,120 –> 00:26:18,920
\ndown that they were a bit more
\nperipheral to a family house, <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:19,160 –> 00:26:22,680
\nbut they still had some of this
\nsecurity and some of this <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:22,680 –> 00:26:28,000
\nreliability and it meant a lot.
\nSo, so, so don’t just dismiss <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:28,000 –> 00:26:30,640
\nslavery in scripture as being a
\nvery bad thing. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:30,640 –> 00:26:33,920
\nThese people were OK and were
\nhappy about it. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:34,960 –> 00:26:37,240
\nIf you were a hired servant,
\nwhich is actually what the <\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:37,240 –> 00:26:40,240
\nprodigal son wanted to be.
\nIf you were a hired servant, <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:40,600 –> 00:26:44,680
\nlife is grim.
\nYou are not connected to a <\/p>\n
417
\n00:26:44,680 –> 00:26:48,440
\nfamily.
\nYou you are not guaranteed <\/p>\n
418
\n00:26:48,480 –> 00:26:54,240
\nsecurity of clothing and shelter
\nand food on any particular day. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:26:54,960 –> 00:26:58,560
\nYou, you have to be at the
\nLabour exchange at six O clock <\/p>\n
420
\n00:26:58,560 –> 00:27:05,000
\nin the morning ready to work and
\nand what if no one employs you? <\/p>\n
421
\n00:27:06,520 –> 00:27:11,040
\nWhat if no one comes along and
\ngives you some contracted hours <\/p>\n
422
\n00:27:11,040 –> 00:27:13,640
\nthat day?
\nThese are the 0 hour contracts <\/p>\n
423
\n00:27:13,640 –> 00:27:15,680
\npeople.
\nThat’s a phrase we know in the <\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:15,680 –> 00:27:18,840
\nUK.
\nCertainly they’re under contract<\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:18,840 –> 00:27:20,840
\nsort of.
\nBut there’s no work. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:21,160 –> 00:27:26,720
\nIf there is no work, that means
\nthere’s no penny at the end of <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:26,720 –> 00:27:30,160
\nthe day.
\nThat means there’s no evening <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:30,160 –> 00:27:35,040
\nmeal.
\nThat means there’s hunger and <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:35,360 –> 00:27:42,160
\ndestitution, and it’s hard.
\nSo life as a hired servant is <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:42,160 –> 00:27:45,720
\ngrim if no one hires you.
\nThis is bleak. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:47,200 –> 00:27:50,920
\nNow, I’m in a very privileged
\nposition of having never <\/p>\n
432
\n00:27:50,920 –> 00:27:55,720
\nexperienced unemployment, but
\nbut there will be some here who <\/p>\n
433
\n00:27:55,720 –> 00:27:59,160
\nhave experienced that, There
\nwill be some here who will <\/p>\n
434
\n00:27:59,160 –> 00:28:03,080
\nexperience that.
\nAnd I, my heart goes out to you,<\/p>\n
435
\n00:28:03,240 –> 00:28:06,160
\nyou know, if that, if that
\nmonthly salary or that weekly <\/p>\n
436
\n00:28:06,160 –> 00:28:11,080
\nwage isn’t arriving all of a
\nsudden and yet bills keep <\/p>\n
437
\n00:28:11,080 –> 00:28:14,320
\ncoming.
\nThis is not good. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:28:15,360 –> 00:28:17,880
\nAnd, and this is where people
\nlose confidence. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:17,880 –> 00:28:20,320
\nYou know, if they can’t get
\nwork, they lose confidence, <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:20,480 –> 00:28:25,120
\ntheir self esteem goes, they
\ndrop into a cycle of anxiety and<\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:25,120 –> 00:28:27,680
\nworry and concern.
\nThey become depressed. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:27,680 –> 00:28:32,560
\nThis is not a good thing.
\nAnd and imagine if you go to the<\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:32,560 –> 00:28:36,240
\nlabour exchange in the morning
\nand you’re willing to work and <\/p>\n
444
\n00:28:36,240 –> 00:28:40,440
\nno one hires you.
\nSo that’s a bad day. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:41,520 –> 00:28:46,680
\nBut you go back the next morning
\nhoping that someone’s going to <\/p>\n
446
\n00:28:46,680 –> 00:28:50,360
\nemploy you.
\nAnd a potential employer comes <\/p>\n
447
\n00:28:50,360 –> 00:28:54,760
\nalong and says, ah, I might
\nemploy you today. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:28:54,760 –> 00:29:00,480
\nWhere did you work yesterday?
\nAnd you have to say, ah, no one <\/p>\n
449
\n00:29:00,480 –> 00:29:04,400
\nhired me yesterday.
\nOh, I wonder why? <\/p>\n
450
\n00:29:05,360 –> 00:29:07,240
\nPerhaps you weren’t.
\nPerhaps you’re not a hard <\/p>\n
451
\n00:29:07,240 –> 00:29:08,840
\nworker.
\nPerhaps you’re not worth <\/p>\n
452
\n00:29:08,840 –> 00:29:11,720
\nemploying.
\nI’ll go and try somebody else. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:29:13,320 –> 00:29:16,000
\nImagine that happening for a few
\ndays. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:29:16,920 –> 00:29:22,280
\nWhen did you last work?
\nNot worked for a week, actually.<\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:23,000 –> 00:29:26,320
\nOh, maybe no one ever wants to
\nemploy you. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:26,320 –> 00:29:29,960
\nI’ll go and find another worker.
\nYou can see how it might work. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:29:29,960 –> 00:29:33,200
\nAnd, and, and getting caught in
\nthat cycle would be really <\/p>\n
458
\n00:29:33,200 –> 00:29:35,160
\ndifficult.
\nAnd, and, and there’s a hint at <\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:35,160 –> 00:29:41,640
\nthat in this particular parable
\nbecause these labourers who <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:41,640 –> 00:29:45,960
\ndon’t get hired at 6:00 in the
\nmorning, they’re still there at <\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:45,960 –> 00:29:50,360
\n9:00 and they’re still there at
\n12:00 and they’re still there at<\/p>\n
462
\n00:29:50,360 –> 00:29:55,000
\n3:00 and they’re still there at
\n5:00, not because they’re lazy, <\/p>\n
463
\n00:29:55,160 –> 00:29:57,920
\nbut because they need someone to
\nemploy them. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:29:57,920 –> 00:30:00,720
\nThey’re still hoping that
\nsomeone’s going to employ them <\/p>\n
465
\n00:30:00,720 –> 00:30:03,880
\nlate in the day.
\nPlease just give us some work. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:30:03,880 –> 00:30:07,840
\nWe’re desperate for work in your
\nvineyard. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:30:07,840 –> 00:30:13,760
\nWe’d love to work there.
\nAnd that to me is, is enormously<\/p>\n
468
\n00:30:13,760 –> 00:30:19,440
\nhelpful when we think about the
\ngenerosity of this vineyard <\/p>\n
469
\n00:30:19,440 –> 00:30:22,560
\nowner who comes along.
\nWe, we might question about what<\/p>\n
470
\n00:30:22,560 –> 00:30:24,360
\nthe penny means.
\nAnd I could talk to you about <\/p>\n
471
\n00:30:24,360 –> 00:30:27,600
\nthat.
\nBut the vineyard owner comes <\/p>\n
472
\n00:30:27,600 –> 00:30:30,360
\nalong at 9:00 and he takes some
\nmore. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:30:30,360 –> 00:30:32,560
\nAnd at 12:00 and he takes some
\nmore. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:30:32,560 –> 00:30:36,000
\nAnd at 3:00 he takes some more.
\nAnd at 5:00 in the afternoon, <\/p>\n
475
\n00:30:36,000 –> 00:30:38,240
\nthere’s only an hour of daylight
\nleft. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:30:39,040 –> 00:30:42,600
\nHe’s going to get no work
\nwhatsoever out of these people <\/p>\n
477
\n00:30:42,600 –> 00:30:44,520
\nis, you know, by the time
\nthey’ve picked their things up <\/p>\n
478
\n00:30:44,520 –> 00:30:47,080
\nand walked all the way to the
\nvineyard and got out amongst the<\/p>\n
479
\n00:30:47,080 –> 00:30:50,880
\nvines, there’s only a bit of
\ndaylight left. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:30:50,880 –> 00:30:52,800
\nHe’s not going to get much work
\nout of them. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:30:53,120 –> 00:30:58,520
\nAnd yet he still employs them,
\nthese people who might be <\/p>\n
482
\n00:30:59,120 –> 00:31:04,560
\nunemployable, and yet the
\nvineyard owner is there and he’s<\/p>\n
483
\n00:31:04,560 –> 00:31:07,160
\ncalling them and saying, you
\ncome and work in my vineyard, <\/p>\n
484
\n00:31:07,160 –> 00:31:08,440
\nYou come and work in my
\nvineyard. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:31:08,680 –> 00:31:13,640
\nAnd everyone of this group said,
\ngreat, that’s lovely. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:31:13,640 –> 00:31:16,400
\nI’d really be delighted to work
\nin your vineyard. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:31:16,400 –> 00:31:20,840
\nAnd they went and they would be
\nthrilled to work there. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:31:22,680 –> 00:31:27,600
\nAnd then just imagine 6 O clock
\nin the morning tomorrow, they <\/p>\n
489
\n00:31:27,640 –> 00:31:31,360
\nstand at the labour exchange and
\na potential employer comes along<\/p>\n
490
\n00:31:31,360 –> 00:31:33,080
\nand says, where did you work
\nyesterday? <\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:33,080 –> 00:31:35,440
\nAnd they’re able to say we
\nworked in his vineyard. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:31:35,440 –> 00:31:39,040
\nAnd they’d be so thrilled that
\nthey could say that this <\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:39,040 –> 00:31:43,600
\nreputable man, he chose me and I
\nworked in his vineyard. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:31:43,840 –> 00:31:47,200
\nYou might not say that you chose
\nme at 5:00 in the afternoon and <\/p>\n
495
\n00:31:47,200 –> 00:31:49,280
\nonly gave me 30 minutes worth of
\nwork. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:31:49,880 –> 00:31:52,280
\nYou might not say that, but
\nyou’d be able to say I was <\/p>\n
497
\n00:31:52,280 –> 00:31:55,800
\nchosen by him and I was able to
\nwork in his vineyard. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:31:56,000 –> 00:32:00,040
\nCan’t, Can’t you just get a
\nsense here of the, the delight <\/p>\n
499
\n00:32:01,000 –> 00:32:06,000
\nto work in the Masters vineyard
\nthat these people would have? <\/p>\n
500
\n00:32:07,640 –> 00:32:13,040
\nThese are individuals who would
\nbe overjoyed at being called to <\/p>\n
501
\n00:32:13,040 –> 00:32:19,080
\nwork in his vineyard and they
\nwould go home that night and <\/p>\n
502
\n00:32:19,080 –> 00:32:22,920
\nthey got that penny.
\nThey could buy bread, they could<\/p>\n
503
\n00:32:22,920 –> 00:32:27,160
\nput food on the table.
\nThe the, the wife is happy, the <\/p>\n
504
\n00:32:27,160 –> 00:32:31,160
\nchildren are happy.
\nThe family home that night is a <\/p>\n
505
\n00:32:31,160 –> 00:32:35,160
\nhappy place because this labour
\nhas been called to work in the <\/p>\n
506
\n00:32:35,160 –> 00:32:37,800
\nvineyard.
\nNow I’m trying to give you a <\/p>\n
507
\n00:32:37,800 –> 00:32:43,880
\nsense here of how delighted
\nthese people are to work in this<\/p>\n
508
\n00:32:43,880 –> 00:32:47,600
\nvineyard.
\nAnd I just ask you then to <\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:48,280 –> 00:32:53,640
\ncompare it with yourself.
\nTake that spirit back to your <\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:53,640 –> 00:32:56,400
\necclesia when there’s some work
\nto do. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:32:56,680 –> 00:33:01,040
\nAnd these folk, they were
\noverjoyed to work in the Masters<\/p>\n
512
\n00:33:01,040 –> 00:33:03,800
\nvineyard.
\nThat would mean everything to <\/p>\n
513
\n00:33:03,800 –> 00:33:07,280
\nthem.
\nAnd you go back to your ecclesia<\/p>\n
514
\n00:33:07,280 –> 00:33:10,840
\nand you will witness some
\nreluctance. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:33:11,720 –> 00:33:14,520
\nIs it my turn again?
\nIs it? <\/p>\n
516
\n00:33:14,920 –> 00:33:17,920
\nIsn’t anyone else doing that
\ntask this time? <\/p>\n
517
\n00:33:19,120 –> 00:33:21,400
\nI’ll do it here.
\nAm I? <\/p>\n
518
\n00:33:21,400 –> 00:33:23,760
\nSend me.
\nI’d like to work in your <\/p>\n
519
\n00:33:23,760 –> 00:33:27,120
\nvineyard, please.
\nCan you see that is. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:33:27,120 –> 00:33:32,120
\nIs that not just the way our
\nservice ought to be in the Lord <\/p>\n
521
\n00:33:32,160 –> 00:33:35,480
\nJesus Christ?
\nWhere’s that spirit gone from <\/p>\n
522
\n00:33:35,480 –> 00:33:39,320
\nour ecclesias?
\nYou can take that back, you can <\/p>\n
523
\n00:33:39,320 –> 00:33:43,760
\nbe that person, you can lead by
\nthat example, you can re examine<\/p>\n
524
\n00:33:43,760 –> 00:33:49,920
\nyour service and you can show
\nyour ecclesia how to work for <\/p>\n
525
\n00:33:49,920 –> 00:33:54,160
\nthe Lord.
\nMatthew Sorry Mark chapter 6 <\/p>\n
526
\n00:33:54,160 –> 00:34:01,400
\nplease let’s move on the
\ndisciples at work here. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:34:02,800 –> 00:34:04,520
\nMark chapter 6 is a lovely
\nchapter. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:34:07,120 –> 00:34:15,120
\nIt it starts in verse 7 with him
\ncalling his 12 and you’ll notice<\/p>\n
529
\n00:34:15,120 –> 00:34:20,239
\nhe’s going to send them forth
\ntwo by two and they’re going to <\/p>\n
530
\n00:34:20,560 –> 00:34:26,120
\npreach the gospel and they’re
\ngiven power to heal and to make <\/p>\n
531
\n00:34:26,120 –> 00:34:30,199
\nclean and they get various
\ninstructions from the Lord Jesus<\/p>\n
532
\n00:34:30,199 –> 00:34:33,679
\nChrist and off they go.
\nThese are these are the workers <\/p>\n
533
\n00:34:33,679 –> 00:34:36,239
\nappointed.
\nThe 12 disciples are going out <\/p>\n
534
\n00:34:36,239 –> 00:34:40,440
\nin pairs to do the work for the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:34:42,080 –> 00:34:46,560
\nWe don’t need to pursue all the
\ndetails, but several verses <\/p>\n
536
\n00:34:46,560 –> 00:34:55,120
\nlater on they return in verse 30
\nand it says this is what they <\/p>\n
537
\n00:34:55,120 –> 00:34:57,560
\nreported.
\nThe apostles gathered themselves<\/p>\n
538
\n00:34:58,200 –> 00:35:03,200
\ntogether unto Jesus and they
\ntold Him all things, both what <\/p>\n
539
\n00:35:03,200 –> 00:35:06,560
\nthey had done and what they had
\ntaught. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:35:07,440 –> 00:35:12,240
\nOK, so so here they are that
\nthat there are two things you <\/p>\n
541
\n00:35:12,240 –> 00:35:18,080
\nneed to observe from that.
\nFirst of all, they tell Him what<\/p>\n
542
\n00:35:18,080 –> 00:35:24,400
\nthey had done before, what they
\nhad taught, and that that’s not <\/p>\n
543
\n00:35:24,400 –> 00:35:28,120
\nthe right way round.
\nIn your ecclesial life. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:35:28,840 –> 00:35:33,360
\nWhen you’re when you’re
\nconsidering a practical help <\/p>\n
545
\n00:35:33,360 –> 00:35:37,520
\nthat you might give either to
\nthe community, as in the <\/p>\n
546
\n00:35:37,520 –> 00:35:40,880
\nChristadelphian community, or to
\nthe community around you, when <\/p>\n
547
\n00:35:40,880 –> 00:35:45,720
\nyou’re thinking of practical
\nhelp that does not come before <\/p>\n
548
\n00:35:45,960 –> 00:35:50,240
\nthe teaching that we can give.
\nAlways make sure the gospel <\/p>\n
549
\n00:35:50,240 –> 00:35:54,760
\nmessage comes first in your
\nwitness, in your ecclesial life,<\/p>\n
550
\n00:35:54,760 –> 00:35:57,400
\nin your work.
\nIt’s not about what you do, it’s<\/p>\n
551
\n00:35:57,400 –> 00:36:00,600
\nabout what you teach.
\nYou have the most precious <\/p>\n
552
\n00:36:00,600 –> 00:36:03,520
\nthing, the key to salvation.
\nBecause you’ve got your Bible, <\/p>\n
553
\n00:36:03,720 –> 00:36:05,400
\nyou understand the gospel
\nmessage. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:36:05,640 –> 00:36:08,400
\nYou need to share that.
\nIt’s no good filling empty <\/p>\n
555
\n00:36:08,400 –> 00:36:10,640
\nstomachs if you don’t give them
\nthe gospel message. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:36:10,800 –> 00:36:12,320
\nI know we need to fill empty
\nstomachs. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:36:12,320 –> 00:36:15,400
\nI know we need to do all those
\nthose kindly things. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:36:15,640 –> 00:36:17,320
\nBut don’t get it the wrong way
\nround. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:36:17,320 –> 00:36:21,120
\nThe gospel message has to be our
\nfocus. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:36:22,040 –> 00:36:26,320
\nDisciples didn’t get that.
\nThe other thing which they <\/p>\n
561
\n00:36:26,360 –> 00:36:30,480
\ndidn’t get is they were busy
\ntelling the Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n
562
\n00:36:30,480 –> 00:36:39,720
\nwhat they had done and what they
\nhad taught, that they’ve not yet<\/p>\n
563
\n00:36:39,720 –> 00:36:43,320
\ngrabbed hold of the key, saying
\nthat without Him they can do <\/p>\n
564
\n00:36:43,320 –> 00:36:47,760
\nnothing, that they’ve not got
\nthat, That we did this. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:36:48,160 –> 00:36:49,400
\nYeah.
\nLet me tell you what happened in<\/p>\n
566
\n00:36:49,400 –> 00:36:50,920
\nthis place.
\nLord, let me tell you how I <\/p>\n
567
\n00:36:50,920 –> 00:36:52,720
\nhealed that person in that
\nparticular visual. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:36:52,920 –> 00:36:59,080
\nThat they had success, but they
\nare doing it themselves and <\/p>\n
569
\n00:36:59,080 –> 00:37:03,440
\nthey’re claiming that they
\nachieved it themselves. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:37:04,280 –> 00:37:05,640
\nAnd then we had this little
\nphrase. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:37:05,640 –> 00:37:09,240
\nI just listed it yesterday in
\nverse 31. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:37:09,560 –> 00:37:12,920
\nCome your come ye yourselves
\napart into a desert place and <\/p>\n
573
\n00:37:12,920 –> 00:37:15,480
\nrest a while.
\nHere is Jesus teaching them on <\/p>\n
574
\n00:37:15,480 –> 00:37:18,840
\none, taking them onto one side.
\nAnd he’s got to talk to these <\/p>\n
575
\n00:37:18,840 –> 00:37:22,160
\ndisciples.
\nHe’s got to help them recover <\/p>\n
576
\n00:37:22,560 –> 00:37:28,680
\nand he’s got to try and clear up
\nthis priority and events sort of<\/p>\n
577
\n00:37:28,680 –> 00:37:33,000
\nrun away from them, don’t they,
\nbecause the multitude follow him<\/p>\n
578
\n00:37:33,760 –> 00:37:40,480
\nand they’re being taught.
\nAnd after a long time, the day <\/p>\n
579
\n00:37:40,480 –> 00:37:44,120
\nwas fast spent, the disciples
\ncome unto him, don’t they? <\/p>\n
580
\n00:37:44,120 –> 00:37:48,440
\nAnd they say, verse 35, this is
\na desert place. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:37:49,120 –> 00:37:52,720
\nThe time is now fast spent.
\nSend them away that they might <\/p>\n
582
\n00:37:52,720 –> 00:37:57,800
\ngo into a country roundabout and
\ninto the villages to buy <\/p>\n
583
\n00:37:57,800 –> 00:38:02,560
\nthemselves bread and, and the
\nwhat the, what Jesus says to <\/p>\n
584
\n00:38:02,560 –> 00:38:06,760
\nthem in verse 37.
\nHe answered and said unto them, <\/p>\n
585
\n00:38:07,440 –> 00:38:15,560
\ngive ye them to eat, give you
\nthem something to eat. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:38:17,320 –> 00:38:19,960
\nI, I, I wonder how the disciples
\nfelt at that point. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:38:19,960 –> 00:38:22,520
\nYou know, they’ve, they’ve just
\ndone all this successful <\/p>\n
588
\n00:38:22,520 –> 00:38:24,520
\npreaching.
\nThey’ve just done all this <\/p>\n
589
\n00:38:24,840 –> 00:38:29,440
\nhealing and restoration and
\nthey’ve come back to Jesus and <\/p>\n
590
\n00:38:29,440 –> 00:38:32,080
\nsaid, let, let, let, let me tell
\nyou what we’ve done. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:38:32,560 –> 00:38:35,200
\nLet me tell you the successes
\nthat we have had. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:38:35,400 –> 00:38:38,360
\nLet me tell you how good it was
\nwhen we did this and when we did<\/p>\n
593
\n00:38:38,360 –> 00:38:40,640
\nthat.
\nAnd then they were sort of full <\/p>\n
594
\n00:38:40,640 –> 00:38:43,160
\nof it, weren’t they?
\nAnd now all of a sudden there’s <\/p>\n
595
\n00:38:43,160 –> 00:38:47,840
\na multitude and the Lord Jesus
\nChrist says to them, go on, then<\/p>\n
596
\n00:38:48,480 –> 00:38:55,280
\ngive them something to eat.
\nLord, how are we going to do <\/p>\n
597
\n00:38:55,280 –> 00:38:58,400
\nthat?
\nLord, even if we got 200 pence, <\/p>\n
598
\n00:38:58,400 –> 00:39:00,640
\nwe wouldn’t be able to buy
\nenough bread to feed all these <\/p>\n
599
\n00:39:00,640 –> 00:39:02,280
\npeople.
\nHow are we going to do that? <\/p>\n
600
\n00:39:02,280 –> 00:39:05,480
\nYou know, they, they bring,
\nbring a, a, a human view, a <\/p>\n
601
\n00:39:05,480 –> 00:39:08,080
\nhuman solution.
\nWell, how much money have we <\/p>\n
602
\n00:39:08,080 –> 00:39:09,040
\ngot?
\nHow much could we buy? <\/p>\n
603
\n00:39:09,040 –> 00:39:10,840
\nWe couldn’t possibly feed all
\nthese people. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:39:10,840 –> 00:39:14,200
\nEven if we got 200 pennies, we
\ncould not buy enough food for <\/p>\n
605
\n00:39:14,200 –> 00:39:16,480
\nall these people.
\nThey bring a human solution and <\/p>\n
606
\n00:39:16,480 –> 00:39:19,280
\nthey can’t do it and they know
\nthey can’t do it. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:39:19,560 –> 00:39:22,440
\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ could
\nhave at that point said, ha, ha,<\/p>\n
608
\n00:39:22,440 –> 00:39:24,360
\nI told you, I knew you couldn’t
\ndo it. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:39:24,360 –> 00:39:26,480
\nYou can’t do it without me.
\nHe could have said that, <\/p>\n
610
\n00:39:26,480 –> 00:39:30,480
\ncouldn’t he?
\nIf he wanted the, the, the Lord <\/p>\n
611
\n00:39:30,480 –> 00:39:33,160
\nJesus Christ should have said,
\nwell, you boasted about all <\/p>\n
612
\n00:39:33,160 –> 00:39:35,840
\nthose other miracles, why can’t
\nyou do this miracle? <\/p>\n
613
\n00:39:36,400 –> 00:39:38,520
\nHe could have said that to them,
\ncouldn’t he? <\/p>\n
614
\n00:39:38,520 –> 00:39:44,360
\nBut he, he didn’t he, he could
\nhave been really cross and said <\/p>\n
615
\n00:39:44,520 –> 00:39:47,760
\nthat’s not good enough.
\nYou managed last time. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:39:48,400 –> 00:39:51,120
\nLet’s say you try harder and do
\nit this time. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:39:51,120 –> 00:39:54,360
\nHe could have got cross with
\nthem and shouted at them and <\/p>\n
618
\n00:39:54,360 –> 00:39:59,200
\nraised his voice for
\nunderperformance, but he doesn’t<\/p>\n
619
\n00:39:59,200 –> 00:40:02,680
\ndo that.
\nHe he could have just pulled <\/p>\n
620
\n00:40:02,680 –> 00:40:07,480
\nrank and said, see, you’re
\nhopeless people, you’re not able<\/p>\n
621
\n00:40:07,480 –> 00:40:09,360
\nto do this.
\nStand back. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:40:09,480 –> 00:40:11,840
\nLet me show you how it should be
\ndone. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:40:11,960 –> 00:40:14,360
\nI’ll do this miracle.
\nYou just watch and understand <\/p>\n
624
\n00:40:14,360 –> 00:40:16,320
\nhow it should be done.
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ could have<\/p>\n
625
\n00:40:16,360 –> 00:40:19,480
\nsaid said that.
\nIf he wanted, couldn’t He? <\/p>\n
626
\n00:40:19,480 –> 00:40:23,600
\nHe could have taken control of
\nthe situation and shown them <\/p>\n
627
\n00:40:23,600 –> 00:40:25,160
\nwhat to do.
\nStand aside. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:40:25,560 –> 00:40:27,520
\nThis is not for amateurs like
\nyou. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:40:27,960 –> 00:40:29,760
\nThis is for professionals like
\nme. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:40:29,760 –> 00:40:33,520
\nWatch this.
\nAnd there’s none of that from <\/p>\n
631
\n00:40:33,520 –> 00:40:36,160
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nThere’s none of that. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:40:36,480 –> 00:40:42,360
\nHis disciples have got a
\nperverted view of service at the<\/p>\n
633
\n00:40:42,360 –> 00:40:46,720
\nmoment and the Lord is going to
\nshow them how it works. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:40:47,680 –> 00:40:56,120
\nSo he says to them, doesn’t he?
\nVerse 38 how many loaves have ye<\/p>\n
635
\n00:40:56,240 –> 00:41:00,880
\ngo and see?
\nAnd when they knew, they say 5 <\/p>\n
636
\n00:41:01,280 –> 00:41:05,920
\nand 2 fish and and it’s
\nembarrassing isn’t it? <\/p>\n
637
\n00:41:05,920 –> 00:41:11,480
\nYou know, here are disciples now
\nwho are contributing to the mass<\/p>\n
638
\n00:41:11,480 –> 00:41:16,760
\nfeeding of 5000 people and we’ve
\ngot 5 loaves and a couple of <\/p>\n
639
\n00:41:16,760 –> 00:41:18,920
\nfish.
\nHere you are, Lord that, that, <\/p>\n
640
\n00:41:18,920 –> 00:41:21,560
\nthat’s it.
\nIt’s embarrassing that they’ve <\/p>\n
641
\n00:41:21,560 –> 00:41:24,160
\ngot nothing more to offer.
\nAnd again, Christ could have <\/p>\n
642
\n00:41:24,160 –> 00:41:28,760
\nsaid, is that all?
\nHow on earth do you think we’re <\/p>\n
643
\n00:41:28,760 –> 00:41:33,480
\ngoing to solve a problem of 5000
\nhungry people with such a paltry<\/p>\n
644
\n00:41:33,480 –> 00:41:36,320
\ncontribution?
\nHe could have said that, but <\/p>\n
645
\n00:41:36,320 –> 00:41:38,720
\nbut, but he doesn’t.
\nYou see, the Lord Jesus Christ, <\/p>\n
646
\n00:41:38,720 –> 00:41:46,160
\nhe’s looking for something.
\nHe’s looking for something from <\/p>\n
647
\n00:41:46,760 –> 00:41:54,440
\nyou and it doesn’t matter how
\nbig or how small, he’s looking <\/p>\n
648
\n00:41:54,440 –> 00:41:57,920
\nfor you to bring something in
\nyour service. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:41:59,120 –> 00:42:02,800
\nAnd even if you’re embarrassed
\nby it because it’s so pathetic, <\/p>\n
650
\n00:42:02,800 –> 00:42:06,200
\nthis is all I’ve got.
\nLord, it’s, it’s 5 loaves and <\/p>\n
651
\n00:42:06,200 –> 00:42:09,480
\ntwo fish.
\nI know that’s absolutely useless<\/p>\n
652
\n00:42:09,480 –> 00:42:11,760
\nin the context of what we’re
\ntrying to do here. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:42:12,880 –> 00:42:16,280
\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ says,
\ngreat, we’re off. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:42:17,560 –> 00:42:21,080
\nThat’s all I need.
\nI just need something from you. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:42:21,080 –> 00:42:26,200
\nAnd then of course, as soon as
\nhe’s got that something, he’s <\/p>\n
656
\n00:42:26,200 –> 00:42:29,000
\norganizing the disciples,
\nthey’re making the crowd to sit <\/p>\n
657
\n00:42:29,000 –> 00:42:34,200
\ndown in companies of 50s and
\nhundreds and, and, and a prayer <\/p>\n
658
\n00:42:34,200 –> 00:42:36,800
\nis given.
\nBread is broken and it’s <\/p>\n
659
\n00:42:36,800 –> 00:42:41,600
\ndistributed and it’s given to
\nthe disciples and they are <\/p>\n
660
\n00:42:41,600 –> 00:42:46,440
\nsharing it out.
\nVerse 41 when he had taken the <\/p>\n
661
\n00:42:46,440 –> 00:42:50,040
\nfive loaves and the two fish, he
\nlooked up to heaven, blessed <\/p>\n
662
\n00:42:50,040 –> 00:42:55,240
\nbreak the loaves gave them to to
\nthe disciples to set before <\/p>\n
663
\n00:42:55,240 –> 00:42:58,280
\nthem, and the two fishers
\ndivided he among them all. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:42:58,440 –> 00:43:00,480
\nHe wanted the disciples to be
\ninvolved. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:43:00,480 –> 00:43:04,120
\nSo Christ here takes this little
\noffering, this insignificant <\/p>\n
666
\n00:43:04,120 –> 00:43:07,120
\namount, and in his hands, all of
\na sudden it becomes something <\/p>\n
667
\n00:43:07,120 –> 00:43:09,320
\nspecial.
\nAnd he gives it to the disciples<\/p>\n
668
\n00:43:09,320 –> 00:43:11,400
\nand the disciples take it and
\nshare it out. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:43:12,760 –> 00:43:15,800
\nAnd the disciples have got a
\nclue what’s going on here. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:43:16,040 –> 00:43:18,520
\nThey do not know where all this
\nbread is coming from. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:43:18,680 –> 00:43:21,040
\nHow many did we give to him?
\nWhere, where’s all this coming <\/p>\n
672
\n00:43:21,040 –> 00:43:22,600
\nfrom?
\nAnd out they go. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:43:22,600 –> 00:43:24,280
\nAnd they come back and there’s
\nmore to give. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:43:24,280 –> 00:43:26,720
\nAnd the the disciples are
\ninvolved in sharing it out. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:43:26,960 –> 00:43:28,400
\nThey don’t really know what’s
\nhappening. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:43:28,560 –> 00:43:30,600
\nAnd then of course, when the
\nmiracle’s finished and they go <\/p>\n
677
\n00:43:30,600 –> 00:43:34,080
\nout and gather up, they’ve got
\nfar, far more leftover than they<\/p>\n
678
\n00:43:34,080 –> 00:43:37,720
\noriginally started with.
\nAnd it’s the most wonderful <\/p>\n
679
\n00:43:37,720 –> 00:43:41,840
\nthing, isn’t it?
\nBut here’s the thing, the Lord <\/p>\n
680
\n00:43:41,880 –> 00:43:46,600
\nJesus Christ could have done
\nthat miracle on his own. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:43:46,600 –> 00:43:51,320
\nHe did not need his disciples.
\nHis disciples could barely do <\/p>\n
682
\n00:43:51,440 –> 00:43:54,800
\nanything.
\nAll they’re offering was 5 <\/p>\n
683
\n00:43:54,800 –> 00:44:00,800
\nloaves and two fish.
\nHe doesn’t need them, but He <\/p>\n
684
\n00:44:00,800 –> 00:44:04,920
\nwants them.
\nAnd the reality is, it’s the <\/p>\n
685
\n00:44:04,920 –> 00:44:10,280
\nsame with you and me.
\nHe He doesn’t actually need you.<\/p>\n
686
\n00:44:12,040 –> 00:44:16,360
\nThe the vineyard owner did not
\nneed those labourers. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:44:16,400 –> 00:44:19,160
\nIt might have looked like that
\nin the paral, but he didn’t need<\/p>\n
688
\n00:44:19,160 –> 00:44:21,320
\nthem.
\nHe’d got lots of other labourers<\/p>\n
689
\n00:44:21,320 –> 00:44:26,160
\nhe could have chosen.
\nHe didn’t need those, but he <\/p>\n
690
\n00:44:26,160 –> 00:44:29,040
\nchose them and he doesn’t need
\nyou. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:44:30,600 –> 00:44:35,080
\nYou might like to think he does.
\nSo, so, so it’s a wonderful <\/p>\n
692
\n00:44:35,080 –> 00:44:41,040
\nthing that he’s actually asked
\nyou and he wants you and there’s<\/p>\n
693
\n00:44:41,040 –> 00:44:44,360
\na role for you to play.
\nAnd these disciples who were <\/p>\n
694
\n00:44:44,360 –> 00:44:50,040
\ncompletely belittled by the fact
\nthat they couldn’t do this and <\/p>\n
695
\n00:44:50,040 –> 00:44:54,240
\nwere rather feeling rather
\nunworthy that the best they <\/p>\n
696
\n00:44:54,240 –> 00:44:55,880
\ncould offer was such a small
\nthing. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:44:55,880 –> 00:44:59,160
\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ is
\nsaying, don’t worry, I’ll take <\/p>\n
698
\n00:44:59,160 –> 00:45:01,520
\nsmall.
\nI can work with that. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:45:02,120 –> 00:45:06,720
\nYou see, the Lord Jesus Christ
\nor wants you to bring something <\/p>\n
700
\n00:45:07,200 –> 00:45:11,040
\nto his service.
\nHe can’t work with nothing but <\/p>\n
701
\n00:45:11,040 –> 00:45:14,920
\nbring him something and then he
\ncan turn it into something <\/p>\n
702
\n00:45:14,920 –> 00:45:20,040
\nspecial.
\nWe can do nothing without the <\/p>\n
703
\n00:45:20,040 –> 00:45:23,400
\nLord Jesus Christ and yet with
\nHim, the tiniest little thing <\/p>\n
704
\n00:45:23,400 –> 00:45:26,600
\nthat you bring, the smallest
\nlittle offering that you bring <\/p>\n
705
\n00:45:27,000 –> 00:45:31,000
\nand your willingness, he says, I
\nwant you. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:45:31,280 –> 00:45:33,240
\nI there is a role for you to
\nplay here. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:45:33,640 –> 00:45:37,440
\nLet’s do this work together.
\nSo, so it’s a it’s a wonderful <\/p>\n
708
\n00:45:37,440 –> 00:45:42,840
\npicture, brothers and sisters,
\nwhich helps us appreciate that <\/p>\n
709
\n00:45:42,880 –> 00:45:45,400
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ is calling
\nus. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:45:45,600 –> 00:45:47,840
\nHe wants us to work in his
\nvineyard. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:45:47,840 –> 00:45:50,840
\nIt’s a privilege to be asked and
\ninvited. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:45:51,120 –> 00:45:54,120
\nAnd it doesn’t matter if the
\ntiniest thing you can bring is <\/p>\n
713
\n00:45:54,200 –> 00:45:58,040
\nall you can manage.
\nHe can work with that. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:45:58,040 –> 00:46:00,560
\nHe wants it and we’ll develop
\nit. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:46:01,360 –> 00:46:03,520
\nLet’s finish in John Chapter 7,
\nplease. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:46:03,600 –> 00:46:09,960
\nSorry, John Chapter 6.
\nYou see, after this has taken <\/p>\n
717
\n00:46:09,960 –> 00:46:18,080
\nplace, the, the, the crowd,
\nyou’ll remember the crowd loved <\/p>\n
718
\n00:46:18,080 –> 00:46:21,520
\nit.
\nThis is great free meal. <\/p>\n
719
\n00:46:21,760 –> 00:46:24,640
\nYou know, if these were all
\nhired labourers, 5000 hired <\/p>\n
720
\n00:46:24,640 –> 00:46:28,920
\nlabourers who struggle for bread
\non a daily basis, all of a <\/p>\n
721
\n00:46:28,920 –> 00:46:30,880
\nsudden here is an abundance of
\nbread. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:46:31,080 –> 00:46:33,520
\nWhoa, this is good.
\nWe like this. <\/p>\n
723
\n00:46:33,520 –> 00:46:36,080
\nWe’re happy with this man who
\nfeeds us. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:46:36,080 –> 00:46:38,560
\nLet’s make him king.
\nThat’s what they wanted to do. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:46:38,560 –> 00:46:41,720
\nAnd the Lord Jesus had to send
\nhis disciples away. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:46:41,720 –> 00:46:44,800
\nHe had to deal with the crowd.
\nThe disciples get stuck on the <\/p>\n
727
\n00:46:44,800 –> 00:46:47,920
\nwater.
\nWe saw Jesus walking to them on <\/p>\n
728
\n00:46:47,920 –> 00:46:51,040
\nwater and Peter walking
\nyesterday and they get to the <\/p>\n
729
\n00:46:51,040 –> 00:46:54,520
\nland at the other side and then
\nthe crowd comes again following <\/p>\n
730
\n00:46:54,520 –> 00:46:59,320
\nday the crowd come and of course
\nthe crowd aren’t coming for the <\/p>\n
731
\n00:46:59,320 –> 00:47:03,480
\ncorrect motive.
\nI’m in John 6 and at verse 26 <\/p>\n
732
\n00:47:05,200 –> 00:47:08,280
\nJesus answered them, Verily,
\nverily, I say unto you, ye seek <\/p>\n
733
\n00:47:08,280 –> 00:47:11,880
\nme, not because you saw the
\nmiracles, but because she did <\/p>\n
734
\n00:47:11,920 –> 00:47:14,680
\neat of the loaves and were
\nfilled. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:47:15,040 –> 00:47:17,880
\nYou’re only here for the meal,
\naren’t you? <\/p>\n
736
\n00:47:17,960 –> 00:47:21,520
\nI, I know that you, you want me
\nto reproduce yesterday’s <\/p>\n
737
\n00:47:21,520 –> 00:47:24,040
\nmiracle.
\nYou’re only here for the free. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:47:24,040 –> 00:47:31,840
\nThe free loaves labour not for
\nthe meat which perishes, but for<\/p>\n
739
\n00:47:31,840 –> 00:47:35,960
\nthat meat which endureth unto
\neverlasting life which the Son <\/p>\n
740
\n00:47:35,960 –> 00:47:40,680
\nof Man shall give unto you.
\nSo there it is. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:47:40,680 –> 00:47:46,160
\nWe are encouraged to work, but
\nnot for the meat which perishes,<\/p>\n
742
\n00:47:46,160 –> 00:47:50,600
\nnot for the things of this life,
\nbut in service of our Lord in <\/p>\n
743
\n00:47:50,600 –> 00:47:54,120
\nresponse to the things given to
\nus. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:47:55,480 –> 00:47:57,920
\nAnd then verse 28, they said
\nunto him, what should we do? <\/p>\n
745
\n00:47:57,920 –> 00:48:02,040
\nThat we might work the works of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
746
\n00:48:03,440 –> 00:48:06,160
\nAnd they were, they were
\ninterested in doing works like <\/p>\n
747
\n00:48:06,520 –> 00:48:08,960
\ncan I turn stones into bread
\nworks. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:48:08,960 –> 00:48:11,200
\nThey wanted to be able to fill
\ntheir own stomachs. <\/p>\n
749
\n00:48:11,200 –> 00:48:12,520
\nThat’s really what they’re
\ninterested in. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:48:12,520 –> 00:48:15,800
\nSo Jesus has to say this is the
\nwork of God. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:48:15,800 –> 00:48:22,400
\nVerse 29 that you believe on him
\nwhom he hath sent and and and <\/p>\n
752
\n00:48:22,400 –> 00:48:25,080
\nverse 30 that they’re not really
\nlistening to him, are they? <\/p>\n
753
\n00:48:25,280 –> 00:48:26,640
\nThey’re just interested in
\nbread. <\/p>\n
754
\n00:48:27,040 –> 00:48:29,800
\nThey said therefore into him.
\nWhat signs show us thou then <\/p>\n
755
\n00:48:29,800 –> 00:48:32,560
\nthat we may see and believe that
\nbelieve thee. <\/p>\n
756
\n00:48:32,720 –> 00:48:36,040
\nWhat dost thou work?
\nWe need you to do a sign Lord. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:48:36,800 –> 00:48:39,480
\nForgetting.
\nConveniently it’s done lots of <\/p>\n
758
\n00:48:39,480 –> 00:48:42,000
\nsigns yesterday, including
\nfeeding 5000. <\/p>\n
759
\n00:48:42,600 –> 00:48:46,280
\nOur fathers did eat manner in
\nthe wilderness as it is written.<\/p>\n
760
\n00:48:46,280 –> 00:48:48,720
\nHe gave them bread out of heaven
\nto eat. <\/p>\n
761
\n00:48:48,880 –> 00:48:50,880
\nWhy don’t you do that miracle
\nagain, Lord? <\/p>\n
762
\n00:48:50,880 –> 00:48:53,400
\nThat would be a good one to
\nprove to us that your Lord would<\/p>\n
763
\n00:48:53,400 –> 00:48:55,640
\nlike free bread, please.
\nThey were in it for the wrong <\/p>\n
764
\n00:48:55,640 –> 00:48:59,080
\nreasons.
\nWe’re not in it for the wrong <\/p>\n
765
\n00:48:59,080 –> 00:49:00,840
\nreasons, Brothers, sisters,
\nyoung people. <\/p>\n
766
\n00:49:00,840 –> 00:49:06,080
\nWe are in it because of what has
\nbeen done for us. <\/p>\n
767
\n00:49:06,800 –> 00:49:09,520
\nWe have been made clean in the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
768
\n00:49:09,520 –> 00:49:13,720
\nThe way of salvation has been
\nsecured for each of us and the <\/p>\n
769
\n00:49:13,720 –> 00:49:19,160
\nLord now is wanting us to work
\nfor Him in His vineyard, and <\/p>\n
770
\n00:49:19,160 –> 00:49:24,520
\nit’s a privilege to do so.
\nI wonder if we might be able to <\/p>\n
771
\n00:49:24,520 –> 00:49:29,680
\ntake that back to our eclesias
\nand re examine our service and <\/p>\n
772
\n00:49:29,680 –> 00:49:32,760
\nshow our brothers and sisters
\nthat we are willing volunteers <\/p>\n
773
\n00:49:33,160 –> 00:49:35,360
\nfor the work of the Lord.
\nThank you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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